The document summarizes the plight of people living in chars (river islands) formed by erosion of land along the Ganges river in Malda, West Bengal due to the construction of the Farakka Barrage. It discusses how the changing course of the river has displaced thousands of families, leading to loss of land and livelihood. The people of the chars face numerous hardships with lack of access to education, healthcare, and citizenship rights. They are refugees in their own land caught between the governments of West Bengal and Jharkhand.